Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-27
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate was not in session on the 18th
las soon as the HousQmet the conference
.eport on the Interstate Commerce bill vas pre-
seated and notice given that it would be called
Up at an early day. In Committee of the Whole
he House considered the joint resolution au-
;horizing investigation of the books, ao-
counts and methods of the Pacific roads that
nave received aid from the United States. but
reached no final actioao The River and Harbor
Dill was then taken up and debated at length.
when the Committee on Elections made their
:eport upon the Rhode Island contested cleo
lion case Of Page against Pierce, and the House
Adjourned.
Is the Senate on the nth the select COM
mittee reported a resolution in favor of cele-
orating the centennial of the adoption of the
constitution in April, 1889. After the Offering of
number of resolutions the Senate passed forty
pension bills mostly House bills), and then
took up and passed the Pension Appropriation
pill. 1t appropriates S75,OOO,OOo. The Army APP
preparation bill was then also passed. The SEN
ate took up the bill to establish agricultural
experiment stations, and pending debate ad-
iourned. In the House number of bills
were introduced under the call of States,
among them bill by Mr.. Anderson,
Of Kansas, calling upono the Attorney
General for information as to the legal author
ity under which the directors of the Union Pa
cifc railroad consolidated with the Kansas
Pacific and Denver PaciGc under the name of
the Union Pacific. The bill for the relief of
dependent parents and honorahly discharged
5CIClerS ana StlllOr04 disabled ana dependent
upon their own latOr for support, then
passed under a suspension of the rules. Under
suspension of the rules the House took up and
concurred in the Senate amendments to the
Mexican Pension bill by a vote of 243 to 5. The
Dill now goes to the President. 1t provides a
pension of S18 per month to all soldiers. ma
rines militia who served sixty days in the
Mexican war and were honorably discharged,
and The widows of such who have not again
married. Adjourned.
lathe Senate on the 18th the hill rY1 SSad
amending the ace of June 3, 1894, providing for
the master and pay OF certain volunteer officers
and men. The Senate took up the House bill
FORGETTING lands to the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge & Vicksburg railroad, which after debate
was amended and passed. Adjourned 80. In the
House the Committee on Invalid Pensions re-
ported D bill increasing from S72 to 800 per
month pensons to soldiers who have lost both
arms. The Committee on Foreign Affairs report
ed bill for investigating losses inflicted since
December 81, 1855, HsDon United States citizens
engaged in the North Atlantic fisheries. The
House resumed consideration of the resolution
for an investigation into the accounts Of the Pa
cifc railroads, which was amended and passed.
The conference report on the Interstate Com
merce bill was then taken up and debated until
adjournment.
IN the Senate on the 10Th Mr.. Edmunds,
from the Foreign Relations Committee, re-
ported a bill to authorize the President to pro-
tect and defend the rights % American fishing
vessels. The House bill for the relief of de-
pendent parents and honorably discharged dis
abled soldiers favorably reported. The St.
Louis Bridge bill passed. The bill appropriate
ing 100000 to complete the Charleston IS. c.
jetties also passed. After an executive session
the Senate adjourned In the House, at the
expiration of the morning hour, debate re-
sumed upon the Interstate Commerce bill but
no vote reached The st. Louis Bridge bill
passed. Mr. Cultivate offered resolution
asking for information to the Indebtedness OF
Pacific railroads TO the Government. Ad-
journed.
IN the Senate on the Goth but little bust
ness of Importance was transacted, that body
being most OF the time in executive session.
The conference reportspn the Electoral Count
bill was agreed to and after executive session
the Senate adjouSned. In the House the
Pacific Railroads committee reported favorably
the resolution calling the Secretary of the
Treasury for information of money owing by the
Pacific roads to the Government and it
adopted The Senate bill amending the patent
law in relation to trade marks passed. The
House then resumed consideration of the con-
ference report on the Interstate Commerce bill,
and debate continued until adjournment.